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   Linguist said, 3 months ago

   Self-production in today’s music business. Bound to make the artist tons of money – NOT !
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago

   Kick starter is a way that some enterprises get needed money to keep going.
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   Linguist said, 3 months ago

   @Gweedo Murray

   Either way, the artist is screwed !
   People don’t think that they should have to pay for their music. They think downloads and file sharing should be free.
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   dukedoug said, 3 months ago

   @Linguist

   The artist was always screwed … how long did it take for The Beatles to wrest control of their material, or Queen … or countless others ? Many never did succeed.
   

   
   And the record companies and copyright owners get to release the material over and over again as “new” media emerge – vinyl (singles and albums), “Best of” collections, re-mixes, box sets, 8-track, cassette, CD / DVD, “on-line” store etc., etc. We pay and they’re laughing …
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   capndunzzl said, 3 months ago

   …it might be different if there was real musical talent there.
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   Knightwork said, 3 months ago

   @LInguist – check out Amanda Palmer. Did a kickstarter which was very successful.
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   surfstuff55 said, 3 months ago

   Amanda Palmer went the Kickstarter route and got all she needed and then some for her latest album. If you are good, and if you have the following, it is possible.
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   Richard S. Russell said, 3 months ago

   You guys think this is a new phenomenon?
   Read up on Stephen Foster sometime.
   The guy was one of the most brilliant and productive songwriters of all time, was never rich, and died a pauper at age 37.
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   Redkaycei Repoc said, 2 months ago

   And Mozart…
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    Clark Kent said, 2 months ago

    Big business screws and crushes everything and everybody.
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    Coyoty said, 2 months ago

    @capndunzzl

    The strip has established the girl has real musical talent. Sherm might be in some legal trouble if he’s not telling his clients he can’t produce their albums without additional funding, though.
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    Coyoty said, 2 months ago

    @dukedoug

    Luis C.K. is making a lot more money from self-publishing without worrying about piracy than if he went through any labels and DMCA protections. His work is pirated, but he doesn’t worry about it. He’s finding that people are willing to pay more for premiums and better-quality recordings they can’t get through ripoffs.
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    esmeyny said, 2 months ago

    Mozart is a bad example. He earned a lot of money. And spent it. He had a “pauper burial” only because the emperor at the time legislated against “irrational” spending of resources on funerals.
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    roctor said, 2 months ago

    Some think this cartoon is free.
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    montessoriteacher said, 2 months ago

    The Beatles are a bad example too. I would love to have as much $ as a Beatle!
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